Various items I failed to blog in the last week or two are linked below. ETA: What have Hoydenizens read lately that should be shared more widely? Turn that douchehound upside down (from Shapely Prose by Sweet Machine) – commentors… Read More ›
relationships
All our relationships, not just partnerings
Compare and contrast: UK sex education edition
The Guardian: Teach primary school pupils about sex, say MPs • Put sex in its proper context, says letter signed by charities • Call to start teaching social and emotional aspects early Primary school children should have compulsory sex education… Read More ›
Whoydensday: hey, who turned out the lights?
THIS THREAD CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 EPISODE SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY. PLEASE NO SPOILERS FOR FUTURE EPISODES ON THIS THREAD. Well, the spoiler warning simply had to be done properly for this one, didn’t it? Wait until next week,
Whoydensday: Old vs New, strengths and weaknesses
As part of an excellent essay on the role of the Nostalgia Factor in the Russell T. Davies (RTD) era of Doctor Who, Iain Clark makes many excellent points about both the new and the old series of Who, why Sarah Jane Smith was really the only choice as a returning former-companion for the new generation of Who-watchers, and the differing emphasis paid to character vs story in each.
Clark is writing what purports to be merely a review of the one episode of the second RTD season, yet by the end he’s engaging in an analysis of the entire Rose Tyler era in counterpoint to what we see of the characters in School Reunion.
“For want of a transporter”
Despite several attempts, the cremated remains of actor James Doohan (Scotty in Star Trek) have not yet made it out into space.
While the family understands that being on the cutting edge of technology can mean that things often do not go as planned, they’re not finding this easy. His son Ehrich writes:
Note to the neighbours
THANK YOU. Whoever saw a wallet nearby, thank you so much for picking it up and putting it in the letterbox.
As it happened, it belonged with next-door rather than us, but it has now been returned to its rightful owner. Great relief and gratitude ensued.
“There’s nothing so sad and ridiculous as a shiny-nosed girl trying to be a charmer”
So says the advertisement below for skin creams. While the cosmetics industry is still full of nasty beauty myth tropes, at least it’s no longer quite as condescending as this.
Image Credit: Ponds-HowToBecomeSomeMansDreamGirl originally uploaded by Wishbook
This phrase just makes me want to hurl: “wistful dreams of being some big strong man’s little dream girl”. Infantilising much?
Cognitive dissonance in the Seduction Community
This (long) post is inspired by the tapes of self-styled seduction guru Dimitri The Lover (AKA James Sears) that are being discussed on blogs all over at the moment (or at least linked to with a LOLOLOL!!1!), and the arguments… Read More ›
Drongo day at HAT: Disingenuous troll of the week
The comment below was NOT approved for publication on my Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog. Free Clue, TrollDude – quoting Twisty Faster’s most infamous phrase ever is a big giveaway that you really just want to stir up a storm…. Read More ›
APOD goes dancing
A couple of weeks ago I featured Matt Harding, who put up video on the internet of himself dancing, sometimes alone and sometimes with others (often a huge crowd) around the world. Today, that’s the Astronomy Picture of the Day’s… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 